Chapter 533: What the world wants

In late July, Chen Liu, the commander of the Central Plains Army, sent two things to Li Meng in Jinan, one was Li Zicheng's head, and the other was the news that the city of Xiangyang was broken.

Niu Fu and the personal military camp who were already in the secretary's office, took Hao Yaoqi to identify the head. Although they were beyond recognition and were very ferocious, they still confirmed that this was the head of King Chuang.

After Hao Yaoqi, who was known as a person who was cold and weak, looked at his head again and returned to his residence and was stunned for a night. The next day, his eyes were deep and bloodshot. The spy from the Qingjiansi was staring at his movements, while Niu Fu was acting absent-minded and confused. He did not return to normal after almost three days.

What a character, Li Zicheng, the King of Breaking, is a hero who is qualified to compete for the world and a hero who is rare. But it is so sudden, so suddenly, and his head is sent to Shandong. They are not qualified to know what happened, but this death is too simple.

The news of the destruction of Xiangyang City was soon announced to Shandong Tianxia. The process was also very simple. First, the fortifications and defenses outside Xiangyang City were cleared, and then heavy artillery was concentrated to bombard a corner of the city wall. Under the heavy artillery of sixteen and eighteen pounds, the so-called world-shaking city was not supported.

The key problem is that after the city wall collapsed, the soldiers of the Shun Army were unable to fill the gap. The musketeers of Jiaozhou Camp cleaned up all enemies who dared to show their heads. Then the armored non-commissioned officers rushed in with axe gun and the spear behind them. A gap was opened and the defense of the entire city collapsed.

The Central Plains Army's attack was only aimed at Xiangyang, but if this point was opened, the defense of the entire Xiangyang could not be maintained. The infantry of the Jiaozhou camp was a strong army in the world, and there was no enemy that could form a resistance in front of them.

What's more, in Xiangyang City, the death of King Chuang had already caused panic among the residents. The sudden severity of the Ming Dynasty's policies did not require inferiority, which made people feel a little disintegrated.

Without the support of the residents, the soldiers of the Shun Army could not hold on. If they were trapped in the city, they would only be able to catch turtles in the jar of Jiaozhou camp and completely annihilated.

Liu Zongmin, the leader of the Shun Army, was accidentally caught in fragments while bombarding artillery and died on the spot. Yuan Zongdi disappeared. Li Guo and Gao Yigong took thousands of their direct guards out of the city from the south gate to meet Zhang Nai in Yicheng, where he still had nearly 30,000 troops.

However, Zhang Nai's troops are starting up in a new way, and it is already lucky to have 3,000 to 5,000 backbone. The news of the destruction of Xiangyang City spread so quickly. The landlords and powerful people in Huguang area heard the news one after another, and they were like wild beasts smelling bloody smells, swarming in.

In the past, Shunjun was also a giant beast, and no one dared to touch the edge. Now it is a piece of fat, and everyone has to go up and eat it and make a profit.

In front there was oppression from the Jiaozhou camp army and harassment from the local armed militia behind it. The power of Shun Army and Huguang quickly collapsed. Many Shun Army soldiers took off their wardrobes and became civilians and mixed into the countryside.

Zhang Nai was fighting smoothly over the other side, but the overall situation changed, so he couldn't stand it anymore. Liu Hongqi from Baiyun Village gathered the so-called coalition forces of the forty-eight villages, with about 70,000 people attacking Yicheng. He could only lead elite troops to break through and meet with Li Guo, Gao Yigong and others.

Nearly 10,000 people were brought out from Xiangyang City, and there were more than 3,000 people on Zhang Nai's side, but when the group fought and retreated to Changsha Prefecture to join Zhang Xianzhong of the Daxi Army, there were only more than 7,000 people left in his hand, and the rest were consumed along the way.

Its rise and fall is brisk, and it is almost dead. It is most suitable to describe the political armed group of Dashun. It has had several ups and downs, and finally has a stable base. When it was ready to make progress, it was hit by the Jiaozhou Camp. In less than a year, Dashun was actually destroyed.

Such a large force was eliminated so quickly, allowing the people of the world to fully see the absolute advantage of Jiaozhou Camp over all forces.

Shun is stronger than Daxi, Daxi and Ming have a win or defeat, but they have the upper hand. This is basically the distinction. Now Shun is destroyed, Shandong has wiped out the world from north to south, and Xiangyang City, which is known as the world's heroic pass, was easily taken down, which further deepened the impression of everyone.

By August, the world became very quiet. Zhang Xianzhong of the Daxi Army had already integrated the forces in his hands and had already gained the upper hand on the Ming army. The joining of the backbone of the Shun Army such as Li Guo and Gao Yigong made the strength of the Daxi Army a step further, but now he no longer dared to expect Nanzhili and Jiangnan. He just adjusted the movements of the troops and began to think about going to Guangdong.

The general of the fight against the bandits, Zuo Liangyu, was frightened by the bloody methods of Jiaozhou Camp. Moreover, General Zuo fought with the Tartars in Hebei and Liao Town, so he naturally understood how strong the Shandong troops that annihilated tens of thousands of Tartars were. It was obvious that the Shun Army and the Daxi Army around him were shrinking, but he did not dare to expand his territory.

Instead, I put all the gold, silver and treasures I plundered on the boat. Whenever I have any problems, I will prepare to go south along the waterway and escape to great luck.

Needless to say, the miserable miserableness of the Southern Ming court was the cabinet chief Liu Zongzhou, who was actually the teacher of the little emperor Zhu Cixuan, who went to the palace to give lectures every day.

The little Emperor Hongguang was already extremely panicked now, fearing that someone would open the city to give him away. After all, Liu Zongzhou was a master of knowledge, and his ability to be an official was a little short of his ability. His words of comforting him were very interesting. He actually said that you are a child, and you have no obstacles to the heroes like Li Meng, and it is still okay to be a peaceful and rich man.

Liu Zongzhou is the most loyal minister of the Southern Ming court. He even said such words, which shows that he has no confidence in the situation.

There are even more absurd people. At the court's cabinet meeting, they escorted Zhu Cilang to the side as eunuchs. Now they are someone in the Sili Supervisor's pen. They kneel down at the court meeting crying and begged that if the cabinet masters have any plans, the emperor doesn't want to care about it, and they understand everyone's difficulties. It's just that the emperor is still young, so please leave a way for the little emperor to live.

The cabinet meeting is different from the concept of the capital. Admiral Lu Jiude also participated, Nanjing garrison Duke Wei also participated, Ministry of War Minister Ma Shiying also participated, and the remaining ministers of the Secretary of the State Council also had several general soldiers below. This cabinet meeting was actually a meeting of warlords.

Basically, people with military power in their hands, or representatives of those with military power in their hands, are here. These people have their own thoughts. When they hear the eunuch kneeling in tears, they are also very embarrassed. The cabinet chief and the Minister of Rites Liu Zongzhou were speechless there.

The city of Nanjing was destroyed and Jiangnan was brought to the hands of the King of Qi. This is a recognized fact, that is, it is a matter of time. In the past, the city must have been extremely chaotic, and many people took advantage of the situation to rob, but now it is different. Several groups of troops were specially arranged to conduct strict investigations in the city. If there are people who commit crimes, they will definitely slaughter them first.

I understand that there are so many people, and everyone knows it. This is to give Duke Qi a complete Nanjing city so that everyone can do it difficult.

Now everyone is guessing who took the initiative to open Nanjing City and who won the first prize? The new governor of Yingtian Ruan Dacheng was working hard to rectify the local area, clean up taxes, and maintain public order. Donglin and others were so angry that they saw that this bastard got any benefits in the north, and why did he take the lead?

The transportation between the north and south was not cut off. People from the north brought news, bringing what they saw and heard from the north. There were a large number of ships anchored in several large river ports. The troops of Jiaozhou Camp were ready to cross the river.

The Donglin Party mainly comes from Susongchang, and the Zhejiang Party is the three prefectures of Hangzhou, Jia and Hu. These people are the so-called elite cores of the scholars in the world.

Since the rise of Shandong, the scholars in Jiangnan have been scolding each other and have been one-sidedly criticized in the court. First, Li Meng is a relative of the eunuch Liu Fulai and a martial artist. Such people are the most despised eunuchs, so they naturally have to be incompatible. Moreover, Li Meng does not take literary people seriously at all. The tradition of literary nobles and lowly martial arts is related to the status of literati, and they cannot give in. They must see the superiority and inferiority.

More importantly, Shandong's private salt sales, Shandong's foreign trade, Shandong's commercial network, and the Lijin checkpoint located on the canal transport hub have all impacts on the great merchants in Jiangnan and have profit-making damage. This is what is intolerable.

Jiangnan has a tradition of sponsoring poor scholars to study, and most of the wealthy families are scholarly families. The excellent cultural traditions of Jiangnan determine that Jiangnan people account for a large number of officials. These officials who have a close interest in the Jiangnan family naturally have to defend the interests of Jiangnan's wealthy merchants.

Li Meng from Shandong is naturally their irreconcilable enemy. He secretly stumbling, smearing in public, and mixing sand for Shandong. He used up all kinds of methods. Who would have thought that Li Meng would be going to unify the world today. The wealthy merchants in Jiangnan also felt that following the King of Qi, there might be more benefits to get, and they all changed their positions one after another.

After a period of loss of voice, public opinion also needs to observe the situation. When they see that Nanjing City and Jiangnan are like this, public opinion also knows what to do.

Originally, it was still sneaky, but in the current poetry and literary club, some people have openly claimed that the northern land is the kingly aura, and they also used the jokes of Zhu Di, the Emperor Chengzu of the Ming Dynasty and Emperor Jianwen as an argument. It is true that if the civil and military officials in Nanjing do not open the city to surrender, it would be contrary to the will of heaven and the people and would be despised by history.

The public opinion here is boiling, all for being able to perform in front of the King of Qi, but the King of Qi's mansion doesn't care about this. Li Meng was holding a musket slightly smaller than the fuse-rope smoothbore gun in his hand. Sun Hedou, beside him, explained with a smile:
Chapter completed!